Senior Java Developer (Business Automation & AI)

Ardent Technologies, Inc. is an accredited small business providing a full range of IT support services, cybersecurity services, staff augmentation, fiscal management, and administrative support. Headquarters in Dayton, OH, near Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ardent has served federal, state/local government, commercial, and higher education markets across the US since 2000. Our commitment to excellence, integrity, and client satisfaction drives our growth-and yours. Job Description

• We are currently seeking a highly motivated Senior Java Developer (Business Automation & AI) to join our team for a project with our esteemed client.

The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in Java (8/11/17+), ,Drools and Kogito , LLM , AI ChatBot , RESTful APIs using Quarkus or Spring Boot, AWS Bedrock , AWS . ) with a proven track record of delivering high-quality results. Job Description We are seeking a Java Developer (3-5 years) to join our team and contribute experience and technical expertise to our business logic and self-service support systems. You will be responsible for maintaining and migrating complex business rules using Drools and Kogito. Simultaneously building out our next-generation AI Chatbot infrastructure. A key focus of this role is the digital transformation of our legacy documentation (Adobe RoboHelp) into a high-performance Knowledge Base using AWS Bedrock and RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) architectures.

Key Responsibilities:

Business Automation:

Design, develop, and maintain complex decision services using Drools (DRL) and migrate legacy workflows to cloud-native Kogito microservices.

AI Implementation:

Architect and manage AWS Bedrock Knowledge Bases, ensuring the LLM provides accurate, context-aware responses.

Data Pipeline & ETL:

Build automated pipelines to extract, clean, and convert legacy Adobe RoboHelp content into optimized Markdown/Vector formats stored in Amazon S3.

Backend Development:

Develop high-performance RESTful APIs using Quarkus or Spring Boot to integrate AI chatbot capabilities into our core Java applications.

Cloud Orchestration:

Deploy and scale business automation services within a Kubernetes/OpenShift environment.

Required Technical Skills:

Java Mastery:

3-5 years of professional experience with Java (8/11/17+), including Spring Boot or Quarkus.

Rule Engines:

Hands-on experience writing and debugging Drools rules and implementing DMN (Decision Model and Notation).

Cloud Native Automation:

Proven experience with Kogito for building cloud-native business processes.

AWS AI/ML

Stack:

Experience configuring AWS Bedrock (Knowledge Bases, Agents, or Prompt Engineering).

• Proficiency in managing Amazon S3 for large-scale document storage and metadata tagging.

Documentation Transformation:

Experience (or strong scripting ability) in converting Adobe RoboHelp (HTML/XML) into structured formats (Markdown/JSON) for AI consumption.

Modern DevOps:

Experience with Git, CI/CD pipelines, and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Vector Databases (Amazon OpenSearch, Pinecone, or Milvus).
• Understanding of Python (specifically for BeautifulSoup/Pandoc-based document parsing).
• Knowledge of

BPMN 2.0

standards.

• AWS Certified Developer or AWS Machine Learning Speciality certification.

Submit your resume to or apply directly through Dice. For immediate consideration, please include the Senior Java Developer (Business Automation & AI) in the subject line. Equal Opportunity Employer Ardent Technologies, Inc., is an equal opportunity employer that relies on the strength of a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.